Struck gold with Dave Franek, we let him use the front of our lot and in exchange he brings all his repairs to us. And Bob knowing alot of people always helps.

Graduated from tech 4 years ago and hooked up with Thor(I took electronics at tech), than I dated Bobs daughter for 2 years, me and him became good friends so I quit Vernon Crossings on the weekends and went over by him. Its a prime location, for example this past saturday I had my bronco up on the lift and some guy came rolling in with a ram 1500, lost his steering, replaced the line in 45 min, easy $100 cash minus parts. Its really surprising how many repairs just come rolling in, literally.

That's a nice gig. I had to axe a lot of my side work when I went to BMW a few months ago. Once I'm there a bit more I'm gonna be working it back into my time after hours there. I was doing a ton of side work, and the loss in pay hurts.

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Originally Posted by toolbandfan

What do you guys think would be the most common causes of light shaking in the steering wheel of a van at highway speed?

That's a nice gig. I had to axe a lot of my side work when I went to BMW a few months ago. Once I'm there a bit more I'm gonna be working it back into my time after hours there. I was doing a ton of side work, and the loss in pay hurts.

brought my 08 vibe in for a recall on my power control module, they had to order in the part, if it comes down to it and i cant work around their schedule would they just let me have the part? Its no where near hard to get to or replace...

brought my 08 vibe in for a recall on my power control module, they had to order in the part, if it comes down to it and i cant work around their schedule would they just let me have the part? Its no where near hard to get to or replace...

You can't just plug it in and be good. It has to be programmed before the car will run with it, so unless you can program it, you might want to let the dealership work around your schedule.

Lee got fired, I was hired to replace him. I never worked with him, but I met him a few times a couple years ago when I was working parts.

Oh **** I didnt know that, than again last time I talked to him was about 6 months ago. How do you like it there

Edit-Customer brought in a ford(302 matched with a AOD), claimed it was downshifting sporadically and every time it "downshifted" the trans would start squealing. It was not speed dependent although it only happened above 25mph, when he was coasting(no pressure on gad pedal). Guesses?

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Oh **** I didnt know that, than again last time I talked to him was about 6 months ago. How do you like it there

Edit-Customer brought in a ford(302 matched with a AOD), claimed it was downshifting sporadically and every time it "downshifted" the trans would start squealing. It was not speed dependent although it only happened above 25mph, when he was coasting(no pressure on gad pedal). Guesses?

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a buzzing sort of sound that changes or fades in/out with engine speed is likely a pressure regulator valve. more of a high pitch whine at idle and in gear increasing with speed is typically a pump, and the speedo drive gear can cause a squeal at low speeds.

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it was glorious."